ECE R100 Certification for road applications

The PowerModule has held ECE R100 Revision 2 certification since 2025.

This R100 Rev2 certification is an international approval dedicated to electric road vehicles. Initially focused on powertrain safety requirements, its revised version, in force since 2016, imposes a series of rigorous new tests to validate the safety of battery packs.

To obtain R100 certification, the batteries had to pass a series of tests under extreme conditions:

• Vibrations
• Mechanical shocks
• Crushing under 10 tons
• Fire resistance (over 2 minutes on a diesel fire)
• Protection against short circuits and high temperatures
• Protection against overload and deep discharge

These tests require a high level of engineering. Mechatronic design and the robustness of the BMS (Battery Management System) are therefore crucial.
Without this certification, an electric vehicle cannot legally circulate in Europe.

The R100 certification of the PowerModule is valid for M1 and N1 category vehicles:

• Category M1 vehicle: a vehicle designed and built for the carriage of passengers and comprising, in addition to the driver’s seat, not more than eight seats.
• Category N1 vehicle: vehicle designed and built to transport goods with a maximum weight of 3.5 tonnes or less.